8:41 AM.

8:41 AM.

'And here I was hoping to sleep in a little later then normal...' Dominic thought to himself, yawning heavily as he opened his eyes and was instantly greeted with a warm smile from Suki, who held his cellphone in her hand. Dominic certainly wasn't all too happy being woken from his slumber via a telephone call, so he hoped it would atleast be someone important.

Suki handed him the cellphone and laid back down beside him, watching him with a smile on her face as he brought the cell phone to his ear, his voice of course sounding tired as he spoke a greeting to the person on the other line.

"Hello, who's this?"

"Dominic? You bastard, don't tell me you've forgotten who I am already. The HWF only just closed a few months ago!"

"..."

It took quite alot for Dominic to not allow the cellphone to slip through his hands, as he quickly tightened his grip on the phone and his eyes widened slightly, causing Suki to giggle under her breath next to him. Dominic shook his head in disbelief, not quite sure why the person on the other end would call him after what had happened between them, much less sound so friendly over the phone...

"C-Chris?! But..."

"Hey hey hey, just shut up. Listen, everything's cool...I'm sure you have some elaborate explination so if need be we could talk shit over a few beers or something. I just heard you were looking around for a new fed to jump ship to, thought I might be of service."

Now wide awake, Dominic couldn't help but raise his eyebrow at this, sitting up slightly against the headboard of the bed. Suki scooted closer to him, laying her head on his lap and looking up at him quietly as he listened to his once close friend on the other end of the telephone.

"You've got my attention...what is it?"

There was a slight pause, as on the other line Chris was undoubtedly grinning like a madman...though in some aspects, one might consider him to actually be a madman.

"Oh, it's just an old home away from home called NLCW."

Somewhere in a city of heroes, an old face was ready to come on home. This is where our story has brought us, and it's not quite time for the story to end, either.

The hero has been reborn, and on August 4th, 2005...a new face will enter the NLCW. His name?

Dominic Pericolo.